Watch: What does Dissanayake’s victory mean for Sri Lanka and India?
Following the Sri Lankan presidential elections, Stanly Johny and Meera Srinivasan discuss Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s victory ...
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Sri Lanka Is Experiencing a Political Earthquake
Sri Lanka elected its first left-wing president on September 21. Anura Kumara Dissanayake received 42 percent of votes cast, ...
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Real winners of Sri Lanka’s election: A people emboldened to force change
Anura Kumara Dissanayake rode a wave of anger to power. But any Sri Lankan leader’s position is precarious today.
Can Australia prosecute foreigners for genocide overseas? Here’s how our atrocity laws work
Australia can take legal action against people accused of atrocity crimes, even if the person isn’t Australian and the ...
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Sri Lanka's new president: Can he deliver on economic stability and regional security?
In a way, Sri Lanka's economic crisis has served as a blessing in disguise, bringing India and Sri Lanka closer as South ...
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Will JVP resume war on Sri Lanka’s ethnic minorities? Party’s rise reopens festering wounds
The party had painted over its Marxist red with the colours of Sinhala ethnic nationalism. Tamils and Muslims were consigned ...
Sri Lanka’s new leader must balance ties between regional powerhouses India and China
The Marxist lawmaker who won Sri Lanka’s presidency faces a key challenge in how to balance ties with his country’s two most ...
Sri Lanka has entered a new dawn with its new president. What does the diaspora think of Anura Dissanayake?
The island nation's new president Anura Dissanayake heralded a "new era of renaissance" as he was sworn in on Monday. Here is ...
How a Leftist Delivered Sri Lanka’s Biggest Political Jolt in Decades
Anura Kumara Dissanayake offered his broad leftist coalition as the best hope for a different political culture, one not ...
In Sri Lanka, a vote for change, political reform
Voter disillusionment with the traditional political elite is behind the rise of the NPP. But to build an inclusive Sri Lanka ...
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An upset in Sri Lanka propels an outsider into power
Yet many Sri Lankans continue to demand fundamental change. It is not only swingeing austerity that angers them: they are ...
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Xi congratulates new Lankan President Dissanayake, pledges more BRI investment
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday congratulated his newly-elected Sri Lankan counterpart Anura Kumara Dissanayake, pledging more high-quality cooperation through BRI, amid speculation that his Ma ...